{"id":454465,"date":"2026-02-05T01:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T01:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/454465\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T01:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T01:20:09","slug":"yukon-born-hockey-star-gavin-mckenna-charged-with-aggravated-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/454465\/","title":{"rendered":"Yukon-born hockey star Gavin McKenna charged with aggravated assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>Yukon-born hockey player Gavin McKenna has been charged with assault, according to court documents verified by CBC News. <\/p>\n<p>McKenna is a top NHL prospect currently playing college hockey in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Court documents filed with the state of Pennsylvania say McKenna was charged earlier on Wednesday by the State College police department for offences that allegedly occurred on Jan. 31. <\/p>\n<p>McKenna is facing four charges, including aggravated assault, simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct.<\/p>\n<p>When reached by CBC News on Wednesday, John Hanna, associate director of strategic communications at Penn State University, said the school is &#8220;aware that charges have been filed&#8221; but would not comment further. <\/p>\n<p>The court documents say McKenna is awaiting a preliminary hearing.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH | Who is Gavin McKenna?:<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765225386_905_default.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"thumbnail\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"video-item-title\">From the Yukon to Penn State: Who is Gavin McKenna?<\/p>\n<p>The projected 1st-overall selection in next year&#8217;s NHL entry draft hails from the far north of Canada \u2014 Whitehorse, Yukon. He&#8217;ll also be playing in the NCAA at Penn State for his draft year, a decision that could change the path top prospects take to the NHL. But, who is Gavin McKenna?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-454465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}